The Feb09 bond prices have been a matter of some talk on Yahoo Finance. I do not understand their full significance. All I do know is that they are not priced as if they wil not be paid off. Not priced for BK. I do wonder how the yield plays into everything. To me that implies the payoff for holding the bond is greater, but I do not understand corporate bonds.

In Treasuries, the bond price and yield usually move in opposite directions. I would think the rise in yield could be that they are viewed as higher risk, though the price does not imply that.

176% yield

I believe is the annualized return if you bought the FEB 09's at 80 on 12/19, can anyone confirm this? Obviously SIRI will not default on the 2/09 $210M as they can pay off in cash if forced to. As Tyler exlained SIRI can not buy back stock in the open mkt, the big question CAN they buy back BONDS in open mkt i.e. at 80 vs waiting until FEB where the must pay PAR 100 (or HOPEFULLY trade debt for equity at $.25 share).

FEB 09's buy for 80 sell 2 month for 100 is to good to be true????? What am I missing?